Rotary easel



Nov. 8, 1932. J ABBOTT 1,886,929

ROTARY EASEL Filed Now 21. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented Nov. 8, 1932JOHN M. ABBOTT, OF GBEELEY, COLORADO.

ROTARY EAsEL Application filed November 21,1929. Serial No. 408,905.

provide an easel in the form of a drum mounted for rotation and to theperipheral 10 portion of which the work is applied so that it ispossible to bring any portion of the Work to a point where it can beeasily seen and reached.

Another object is to provide an easel to 15 which the entire length ofthe work can be attached, it being possible to bring any portion thereofquickly to position so that the time required'to complete a poster bythe old method is materially reduced at a considerable saving of cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being changes in the precise embodiment of theinvention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what isclaimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings, 7

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, a portion of the drum beingbroken away.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 8 is a vertical transverse section,

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates basestrips supported preferably by casters 2. On each of these strips ismounted a standard 3 suitably braced and the two standards and basestrips are connected by a cross strip 4:.

Secured in the uper portions of the standards 3 is a shaft 5 on whichare mounted the heads 6 of a drum 7. The heads are preferably formed ofwooden disks while the peripheral portion of the drum is made pref- 5erably of compo-board or the like. The heads understood that can bespaced from the standards by washers 8. V V I Studs 9 are extendedlaterally from the respective standards at points above and back fromthe shaft 5 and pivotally mounted on these studs are arms 10 extendingfrom the ends of a ruler 11. This ruler is disposed longitudinally ofthe drum and when the arms 10 are swung forwardly and downwardly thelower edge of the ruler will come against the surface of the drum or thework mounted thereon, this being due to the fact that the axis ofrotation of the ruler does not coincide with the axis of rotation of thedrum. top fingers 12 are extended upwardly and backwardly from the basesof the studs 7 9 and are positioned where they will be engaged by thearms 10 "when they are swung upwardly and rearwardly, thereby to supportthe ruler above and out of contact with the drum as shown by brokenlines in Figure 2.

As shown in the drawings a small table 13 can be extended laterally fromone of the standards, this being used for holding materials used by theartist.

As before explained, this device is particularly useful in drawing longposters such as used for theatrical purposes; If the easel is formedwith a drum two feet in diameter, a strip of material six feet long canbe mounted on the drum and any portion thereof can be reached by theartist simply by rotating the drum to bring that portion to properposition. When it is desired to attach the work W to the drum the ruler11 is swung upwardly and backwardly past a dead center to its raised.position shown by broken lines in Figure 2. The work is then wrappedabout the drum and fastened thereto by means of thumb tacks T in theusual'way. l/Vhen the ruler is swung forwardly and downwardly past thedead center it will engage the work and can not only be used for drawinglines but will also be useful as a means for holding the drum againstrotation because of the binding action of the ruler.

What is claimed is:

1. A rotary easel including a work-holding drum mounted for rotation, asupport therefor, and a ruler pivotally connected to the support andmovable into or out of engagement with the drum, the axis of movement ofthe ruler being above the axis of ro- 5 tation of the drum and backofthe vertical plane occupied by said drum.

2. A rotary easel including a drum mounted for rotation, a supporttherefor, a ruler, arms extending therefrom and pivotally con- 10 nectedto the support at points spaced from the axis of rotation of the drum,said ruler being movable forwardly and downwardly past a dead centerinto engagement with the drum or the work thereon and upwardly and 15backwardly past the dead center and away from the drum, and means forsupporting the arms in their upwardly extended positions In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature.

7 JOHN M. ABBOTT.

